Letter: Contributions helped DeVos qualify

Saturday

Feb 4, 2017 at 5:00 AM

According to letter writer Greg Lashutka’s views, I am qualified to be secretary of education ("DeVos worthy of Cabinet post," Tuesday). Like Betsy DeVos, I think “schools should be run for the benefit of the kids” and that “all children matter.” We are both hardworking and excellent listeners. We know that successful schools have “high expectations.”

So I’m as eligible as De Vos, except I did not contribute what was “probably $200 million" to the Republican Party. On the other hand, I have actual experience with public schools, having attended public schools for kindergarten through grad school, plus having sent our kids to public schools up through Ohio State University, and having taught in public schools for 38 years.